Julie Tsirkin

WATCH: I traveled to rural parts of Missouri to hear from patients and providers directly Their message to lawmakers considering Medicaid cuts that would impact their funding? "There is no more fat to trim" for @MeetThePress @NBCNewsNow w/ @OSonnier nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

NEWS: Sen TILLIS is a NO on Paul Ingrassia's nomination to the Office of the Special Counsel. "It's January 6th, it's a number of other things. So, I think he's one of these people that's checked all the boxes and they're all the wrong boxes," he told me.

Asked THUNE if the Senate should subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell: "If we have committee chairs who think it makes sense, then I'll leave that to their discretion." But Thune says "I believe that the President and the Attorney General will make the right decisions" on Epstein files

.@NBCNews: Ozzy Osbourne, pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman, dies at 76 ⁦ nbcnews.com/news/obituarie…

Buried in amendments to the Interior Dept. Gov funding bill, is a stipulation that the Kennedy Center Opera House must be renamed the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House' in order to receive federal funds. The Appropriations Committee adopted that amendment by a vote of 33-25.

this was me, I was the panic and @frankthorp & @ReedReports were the heros who saved the day

NEW: @PatHarriganNC is raising the alarm on @GNCLiveWell -- the Chinese-owned supplement store selling vitamins and protein powder to U.S. troops He asked @KristiNoem to kick GNC off military bases WATCH @NBCNewsNow @NBCNews nbcnews.com/now/video/lawm…

NEW: @RubenGallego just went to the Senate floor to ask for unanimous consent to pass the Jeffrey Epstein resolution we scooped It is a messaging document, but calls on the DOJ to release “non-sensitive” Epstein files @SenMullin objected so it won’t pass

NEWS: Speaker Johnson tells me the House could vote on rescissions TOMORROW - not today He says it’s because of scheduling…

The White House is being backed into a corner as talk around the Epstein files continue to stir up mixed feelings from the MAGA base. @gabegutierrez, @news_jul and Magazine Senior Writer and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins @AnaCabrera. msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-re…

Notable moment in the Judiciary Cmte… Cory Booker is trying to debate Emil Bove’s nomination but GOP Chair Grassley pushed on with votes anyway “What is Donald Trump saying to you that is making you do something to violate the rules of the committee?” Democrats are walking out

NEWS: US assessment finds American strikes destroyed 1/3 Iranian nuclear sites Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran's nuke program that would've lasted weeks @NBCNews w @glubold @ckubeNBC @katiadoyl @dandeluce @carolelee nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Sen. John Cornyn on a Trump endorsement in #TXSen: “I’ve talked to him about it a number of times. He is not ready to make that endorsement. I think as we start advertising and closing the gap in the polls, hopefully he’ll see fit to make that endorsement, but we can’t wait.”…

Cornyn tells @NBCNews that Trump isn't ready to endorse him. “I pointed out to him, and he knows this, that if he endorsed me, the race would be over,” Cornyn said. More on the Texas GOP primary: nbcnews.com/politics/2026-… w/ @bkamisar @OSonnier @MZanona @news_jul @frankthorp

Scooplet: Democrats are really not letting the Epstein controversy - splitting Republicans - go Sen Ruben Gallego dropped a resolution calling on the DOJ to release all “non-sensitive” Jeffrey Epstein “materials” It could put Republicans in a tough spot nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

There are growing cracks in the MAGA base over the Trump admin's handling of the Epstein files. President Trump says he "doesn't understand" the interest. @news_jul, @jonallendc and @BarbMcQuade join @AnaCabrera to weigh in. msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-re…

Both parties race to define Trump’s signature tax & border bill ahead of the midterms. Why you can expect to hear the phrase “working families” a ton in the next year. A @Petereporter & @OSonnier joint. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

Most Democrats want to wait until after midterms to consider impeaching Trump But not Al Green, who forced a vote party leaders had to rebuke Now he tells @scottwongDC he’s planning another one How these rogue efforts are dividing Democrats @NBCNews nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NEW: AL GREEN's decision to go rogue & force a vote to impeach TRUMP frustrated colleagues and split the Dem Caucus. Now, he tells @NBCNews he'll to do it again: "I’m going to bring articles against him again. Those were not the last.” w/@news_jul nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NEW: Lead investigator into Biden's use of an autopen signed letters with a digital signature W / @MZanona nbcnews.com/politics/congr…